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Finding moderation online

Q. You might think this isn’t from a teen, but I really am 16. And my mom didn’t tell me to ask you! I think I’m spending too much time online. I feel like itĢƵ a rabbit hole I sink into, going from one You Tube video to Tik Tok to another You Tube video to Insta and then I start all ...

Thanksgiving has its challenges

Q. I used to love Thanksgiving. I love the food (well, not the cranberry sauce, but everything else), and I love my family getting together. Maybe I should say I LOVED my family getting together. Ever since last yearĢƵ elections, itĢƵ like they hate each other. My mom won’t talk with her ...

Should 16-year-olds be allowed to vote?

Q. Will you weigh in on a debate we had at school? My social studies teacher posed the question – “16-year-olds should be allowed to vote.” We were assigned sides, and the conversation was intense. Although some of us were given the negative, and defended it, pretty much all of our ...

Teen struggles with another’s suicide

Q. Something really awful happened. My momĢƵ best friend has a daughter who committed suicide. I didn’t know the daughter that well, but I observed her mom grieve and my mom got all worried about me. I’ve felt depressed off and on in my life but I’ve never even thought of ending it all. ...

AI use questioned in, outside of classroom

Last weekĢƵ column on artificial intelligence drew a lot of interest. Here are two responses. Q. As a teacher for over 30 years,10 at the college level, I struggle to find any glimmer of positive in the AI craze. I repeatedly told my students in the last years to write their own papers; when ...